Highlights from FDR meeting with Minister of Municipal Affairs On June 14, CRCAG met with Honourable Shaye Anderson – Minister of Municipal Affairs (MA) to discuss the pending Floodway Development Regulation (FDR). Meeting notes below, vetted by his office. Representatives of your CRCAG Team recently spoke directly with the Honourable Shaye Anderson – Minister of Municipal Affairs (MA), and representatives of the Ministry, to discuss the pending Floodway […]
In the news: Springbank project and flood anniversary
With the fourth anniversary upon us, flood-related media coverage has increased significantly this week. While we welcome the coverage, the fact of the matter remains that we are far from safe. We must continue to push our message and to continue the hard work needed. Protecting our city needs to be front of mind everyday! For ease of reading, we have compiled media links below: Calgary Herald Four years after […]
Fourth Anniversary Message
A message, on our fourth anniversary… Anniversaries are meant to be celebrated. Important milestones acknowledged. Memories rekindled. Anyone feel like doing that? Us neither. But we do have to remember this one, where on June 21, 2013 most of our lives changed one way or another and in some cases, profoundly so. At our recent AGM, we were remiss in failing to acknowledge the greatest of […]
AGM Summary and Board Comments
Calgary River Communities Action Group’s 2017 Annual General Meeting took place on April 25 at Dicken’s Pub, 1000 9 Avenue SW, Calgary at 7:00-9:00 p.m. Meeting summary and board notes Presentations: 2017 CRCAG AGM – CRCAG Bow River Water Management Project – Rick Blackwood, ADM, Strategy Division Environment and Parks Springbank Off-stream Reservoir (SR1) – Landon Reppert, Executive Director, Major Capital Projects Branch, Alberta Transportation Flood Mitigation Update – Sandy Davis, […]
CALL TO ACTION: Decision for public panel review lay with Minister, rules federal court
Federal court rules that Minister must decide whether there should be a public review In a judgement issued on June 9, the Federal Court of Canada ruled that it is up to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change to decide whether to appoint a public panel to review the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project. To recap, it was determined that the Springbank Project comes under the jurisdiction of the […]
“Elbow River In Calgary” (ERIC) Meeting Notice
At the request of the ERIC organization, we forward along to you the following meeting notice. Please note that ERIC is not affiliated with CRCAG. In the absence of upstream protection on the Elbow River, we wanted to know what we can or ought to do – what is the best current information. You are invited to the 2017 Elbow River flood information meeting. DATE/TIME June 6th, 2017 at […]
CRCAG in the News
With the recent flooding in Ontario, Quebec and BC, several media outlets have contacted us for comments or advice, and we have seen numerous articles that have prompted response. We thought we’d share a couple of example. Emma May wrote a spot-on response in Macleans magazine, to an article that recently ran there, addressing themes we’ve seen for the past 4 years. Both the first article and Emma’s response […]
Federal Court Hearing – Landowners seek review panel under CEAA
Hearing on landowners’ Application scheduled to resume this Friday Earlier this month, on April 11, a federal court hearing took place to review an application, from six Springbank landowners, seeking to quash the Minister of Environment and Climate Change’s decision to not refer the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project to a review panel under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA). The initial hearing adjourned unresolved and a continuation of the hearing has been […]
The Springbank Project: Best Choice or Only Choice?
On April 15, 2017, the Calgary Herald published an editorial letter written by Chief Lee Crowchild, on behalf of the Tsuut’ina Nation, regarding their stance on the Springbank Off-stream Reservoir. In response, the following op-ed piece was written by Greg Johnson, on behalf of the CRCAG Board, and published in the Calgary Herald on April 28, 2017. Online link: The Springbank Project: Best Choice or Only Choice? Read more: Tsuut’ina Chief Crowchild pens letter opposing […]
Summary of 2017 CRCAG AGM – thank you!
Gov’t speakers underscore commitment to flood mitigation measures and support of Springbank Off-stream Reservoir A big thanks to everyone who came out for the AGM on Tuesday evening. Special thanks to all of our presenters who took time from their schedules to share valuable information about flood protection for Calgary. It was fantastic to see such a large showing and the audience was lively and engaged. Great job everyone! […]